Tony Nichols
Anthony Howard Nichols (29 March 1938 – 24 August 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop.[2]
Tony Nichols | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of North West Australia | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Province | Province of Western Australia |
| Diocese | Diocese of North West Australia |
| Installed | 1992 |
| Term ended | 2003 |
| Predecessor | Ged Muston |
| Successor | David Mulready |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1963 (as priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Howard Nichols 29 March 1938 |
| Died | 24 August 2019 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Judith[1] |
Nichols obtained academic qualifications from the Universities of Sydney, London, Sheffield and Macquarie University. He was a Latin and history teacher until his ordination to the priesthood in 1963.[3] He had curacies at St Paul's Chatswood and St Bede's Drummoyne. He was a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Moore College, Sydney from 1968 to 1981 and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Satya Wacana Christian University until 1987. A further academic appointment at St Andrew's Hall, Melbourne (a Church Mission Society training college) was followed by his ordination to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of North West Australia,[4] a position he held until 2003. After retiring as Bishop of North West Australia, he was Dean of Students and a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity Theological College in Perth and later worked as an Assistant Minister at Dalkeith Anglican Church.[5]
Nichols was married to Judith.[1] His son-in-law, Darrell Parker, is due to become Bishop of North West Australia in 2023.[6]
Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81.[5]
References
- Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
- Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- Diocesan website Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Lim, Anne (27 August 2019). "Tony Nichols: a man in relentless pursuit of the glory of God". Eternity News. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "New NW Bishop". North West Network. Anglican Diocese of North West Australia. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.